Broadband Providers Poll [Aug-Nov 07]

Moriarty

Alright, it's been more than taking the piss but I've finally got around to doing this. The old poll from September - December 2006 is here for those interested in it.

As always:

Only vote for providers you have current personal experience of using, so it gives as fair a snapshot as is possible of the current state of services.

There's a bunch of new providers in this poll, but if I've missed any post a reply mentioning them and I'll add them to the bottom of the list.

ethernet

I have eircom and am not happy

I'm confused! Where are all the providers in the poll? I even voted earlier and they were there

Moriarty

I have NTL/chorus and am not happy

Sorted now. I've added one or two more providers to the list comapred to the previous one I put up last night. Unfortunately vbulletin doesn't handle editing polls very well, so a new one was required with each new addition of providers.

This should be the final one unless I've missed anyone blindingly obvious (which I don't think I have )

forbairt

I have O2 and am happy

I had to say no ... to NTL ... as their service has been up and down since before christmas .. before that I was very happy with the service ...

thebman

I have Irishbroadband fixed wireless and am not happy

I said yes to IBB in Maynooth and no to 3 in County Offaly (Mucklagh side of Tullamore).

Marlow

I have a provider not listed above and am not happy

Moriarty wrote:

There's a bunch of new providers in this poll, but if I've missed any post a reply mentioning them and I'll add them to the bottom of the list.

Airwire is missing

/Marlow

Moriarty

I have NTL/chorus and am not happy

Added.

byte

I have Smart and am not happy

I say yes to Smart broadband.

carbsy

I have UTV and am not happy

wtf is Atari Jaguar doing in there? hehe

byte

I have Smart and am not happy

I'm actually surprised so far that BT are doing so well, considering the many complaints here about their billing, though I suppose many threads relate to problems, as opposed to how great service is.

Soundman

I have eircom and am not happy

Voted yes to Eircom. Haven't had a problem with them in the 2 or so years we've been using them.

RoyalMarine

I have Perlico and am happy

eircom's a treat.
02 gets my bad vote.

god's toy

I have BT and am not happy

BT all the way:)

rav1410

I have Nova Networks and am happy

Net1 got my unhappy vote I'm afraid. Im on 2Mb Broadband and get an average Download speed of a whopping 10kbps.

They ignor all emails and calls asking them why my service is so bad.

real_484

I have Nova Networks and am not happy

My vote went to Nova networks in Cork. When I speed test usually get 2megs up and down. Contention is usually not a problem, blueface work great, no down load cap, and helpful if you have a problem. They are relativity small compared to larger players but I am happier with their service. With all wireless providers you can get interference or other problems but have found nova will always do there best to sort you out.:D

Leonitos

I have Irishbroadband ripwave and am not happy

Never had a problem with Irish Broadband in Cork 24/7 internet access for 20 quid how bad.

Gryzor

I have BT and am not happy

I have BT, and can't fault the actual service....but i would like a higher cap..

mike65

I have Digiweb Metro and am not happy

Digiweb Metro does what it promised to do.

Mike.

morgana

I have a provider not listed above and am not happy

Amocom in Co. Cork gets my happy vote :-). In eight months about 1 hour of downtime and consistantly higher d/l (by approx. 50 %) speeds than the 1 down/1/2 up advertised.

pbirney

I have eircom and am not happy

Have eircom and very happy

John mac

I have Westnet and am not happy

I have Westnet (not on list) oops there it is:)
very happy with it.

singularity

I have Last Mile and am happy

Connected to Irish Broadbands Clarion mast in Limerick. Not happy.

MAYPOP

I have UTV and am not happy

UTV and happy, after almost 2 years.

Slippin Jimmy

I have eircom and am not happy

pbirney wrote:

Have eircom and very happy

I voted for the same. Eircom are doing pretty well too.

kaimera

I have Imagine and am not happy

Metro in Limerick.

Imagine at home then.

No probs with either for internet.

mcloughj

I have Digiweb Metro and am not happy

Metro for two years and happy. No probs!

JIZZLORD

I have eircom and am not happy

before we actually got broadband i would have been skeptical about eircom, but i've had it for months and i've only noticed it being down about twice in the last 3 months.

thetarget

I have Smart and am not happy

Smart for nearly a year now and it's been faultless!

tech

I have BT and am not happy

Currently with BT 2MB, paying 30 a month, service is grand had a few small speed issues but all fine now again,

Thinking of moving to UTV 3mb as you can get a static IP address for 3.50 I persume this is a once off payment

Has anyone got UTV internet ?? if so are you happy with it, whats the service like

standbyme

I have Fastnet and am happy

JIZZLORD wrote:

before we actually got broadband i would have been skeptical about eircom, but i've had it for months and i've only noticed it being down about twice in the last 3 months.

How long was it down, as it was off once for 5-6hr, but found out that a digger had cut thru cable about 50k away, its been down 3times in the past 2-3mths & some dont connect straight-away

Hopefully none too soon to come yet!

PS. have eircom & happy at moment, but clicked on not happy by accident, sorry.

ouldscratch

I have Irishbroadband DSL and am not happy

I had all the IBB services. I found the Breeze brilliant and they don't shape traffic or block ports.